Screen.



No. 754,800. PATENTED MAR. 15, 1904. D. D. PINKHAM.

SCREEN.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 9. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES v Patented March 15,

" SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,800 Eated March 15, 1904.

Application filetflsrch 9, 1903.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Damian D. Pin-11mm, a citizen of the United States. residing at Longview, in the county of Gregg and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Screen, of which the following. is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to sliding screens for use in windows and simiiar' places.

The object is to provide improved means for securing the screen to a window and at the same time permit the free movement of the screen, said means being adjustable, .so'as to provide for 'any inequalities or inaccuracies of the window-frame and to obtain a desired tension'on the screen in order to'keep the netting thereof in stretched condition.

I The preferred means for accomplishing this object is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a window, showing the screen appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on an enlarged scale through the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one corner of the screen, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of a portion of one of the guide-strips.

Similar reference-numerals-indicate corresponding parts in all the tigures of the drswings.

The screen may be of substantially any desired construction, comprising wire-n etting 10, secured atits edges to a rectangular frsnae arranged to tit within the casing of a window.

This frame is preferably constructed of S'EBTi; metal, and the side bars 11 have their outer portions doubled to form longitudinally-disposed hook portions 12. The end bars i3 2r suitably seamed to the ends of the side bars, as shown in Fig. 3. This screen is slidebiy secured to a window-frame by novel strips 14., which are constructed as follows: Each strip is preferably made of sheet metal, its outer edge being doubled to form a hook portion 15, which isarranged to interlock with the hook portion 12 of the adjacent side bar. as illustrated in Fig. 2. -The remainder of the strip constitutes the fastening portion thereofand is bent at right angles to the hook portion 15, being looped, as shown at 16, the waits 17 Serial No. 146,935- '0 "nodeld of said loop being. spaced apartand the inner one fitting flat against the adjacent portion 0 the window-casing. Through these spaced walls are passed securing devices in the form 'of screws18, which engage the window-casing and also constitute means for drawing the walls toward each other Asa result, the fastening portion of the str or, inrother words,

the loop 16, can be extended or contracted, as

desired.

secured in a window by the novel means escribed said screen is treelyshdable and is securely fastened against (1i alacement. At

the same time if the window "-alsing or sash is not exactly plumb by adjusti g the fastening-screws the hook portions 15 '0' the strips can be made exactly vertical, an -;t hhs'incqualities or inaccuracies of the frame'c'an be overcome. At the same time a suitable tens sion may be obtained on the screen inorder to keep the netting properly stretched.

From the foregoing it 1s thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination witha screen, of a guidestrip therefor having an adjustable portion, and common means for securing the strip to a window-frame and moving the adjustable portion of said strip.

2. The combination with a screcn,of a guidestrip. therefor having a doubled portion, the

walls of which are spaced apart, and means.

connecting the walls to relatively move-them. 3. The combination with a screen, of aguide strip therefor having a screen-engaging porticn slidably associated with .the' screen, an extensible fastening portion, and means forsecuring the extensible portion to a window 1 frame, j

Y It will thus be seen that' vhen ascreen is ing an outstandingscreen-engaging hook portien, and a substantially U-shaptl fastening pprtionlocated "n angular relation to the hook portion and having its walls spaced apart, and seeurin -screws for fastening the strip to a window-name, said screws passing through the U-shaped portion of the strip and being arranged to di'aw the walls 't-hereof t0- ward each other. s

In testimony that I claim the fcregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DELMAR D; PINLHAM.- Witnesses: s

D. A. 1310mm), J. P. ASDEBSON. 

